niche

²niche

verb \ˈnich also ˈnēsh or ˈnish\

nichednich·ing

Definition of NICHE

transitive verb

: to place in or as if in a niche (see ¹niche)

Examples of NICHE

1. The most moving of all the museums in Russia, right now, is also the smallest and the most unlikely. Niched with no fuss whatever in what was a communal apartment high in the annex of the former Sheremetyev Palace in St. Petersburg, it is devoted to a great Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966). —John Russell, New York Times Book Review, 1 Jan. 1995

Origin of NICHE

(see ¹niche)

First Known Use: 1752

Rhymes with NICHE

leash, quiche, sheesh